Quote Originally Posted by Stumpedify View Post
What's so hard about getting a debit card and registering it on the website? You have a bank account right? Debit cards are just normal bank cards that you can use online as if they were credit cards. Every bank should be able to provide one and if they can't, time to change your banking provider.
Not in all countries can debit cards be used for online payment. For example Dutch banks do not supply debit cards which can be used for online payment. Rather a system by the name of iDEAL is used, see http://www.ideal.nl/en/ for more info. Square Enix however does not support iDEAL. Credit card usage in the country is extremely low. Gametime cards or PayPal are pretty much the only remaining options. And the FFXIV gametime cards are scarcly available outside of major cities. Making it a bit of a hassle for those players to pay for FFXIV right now. Obviously not impossible, but far from consumer friendly.